SCENARIO 1-2
A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the U.S.a series of questions to find out their view on the U.S.economy.
-Referring to Scenario 1-2,the possible responses to the question "How many out of every 10 U.S.voters do you think feel that the U.S.economy is in a good shape?" result in
A)a nominal scale variable.
B)an ordinal scale variable.
C)an interval scale variable.
D)a ratio scale variable.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The possible responses to the question represent a ratio scale variable because they have a true zero point (0 out of 10 voters) and can be compared using ratios (for example, twice as many voters think the economy is in good shape if 6 out of 10 voters agree compared to 3 out of 10).

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